Well, the others have said most of the gushy stuff I feel, so I won't reiterate it.

I will say, however, that it's good to see that it's more than just Batman who realizes that Bruce Wayne is the mask, rather than vice-versa. That was one thing I could never forget from Batman Beyond, when he was up against an opponent that slipped thoughts into people's heads - Bruce figured out which thoughts weren't his own by knowing that, in his own mind, he's not "Bruce", he's "Batman"; the baddie didn't catch on to that.

Harley and (it's implied, both in the comics and here) the Joker both cottoned to that after awhile. Good job on presenting it that way here, too.

I know I have noted this once before - but concerning a different piece of Batman fanfic - but I really like the idea that Harley's got a lot more going on upstairs than it would seem from just observing her character in the 90s Fox Kids animated series or the "Mask of the Phantasm" film or the Batman video games that were recently released.

I mean, her background is an Arkham Asylum shrink, so she's gotta have the brains and the letters behind her name to be worthy of having been hired to try and help cure supervillians...though it is a bit too bad she has the nastiest case of Stockholm Syndrome I've ever seen portrayed. Gotta say though...her insight into why she and the Joker haven't said or done anything to indicate they know Bats is Bruce Wayne (or uses the persona as a publicly acceptable mask) is spectacular and fitting for the whole mythos :D

ErinAdrienne chapter 1 . 12/26/2010

Just wondering...did you mean to make the line about the 'night at the opera' a refrence to Bruce's parent's murder? They were at an opera when it happened right?